What symptom is tetanus?

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Tetanus is an acute disease caused by tetanus bacilli. Tetanus bacilli will grow and reproduce after entering the wounds of our body, producing certain toxins, which can cause tetanus. Tetanus bacilli can not invade our normal skin mucosa, so tetanus generally appears after skin damage. All open injuries may lead to the emergence of tetanus. Now I would like to share with you the symptoms of tetanus?

What symptom is tetanus?

Symptom 1: the incubation period of tetanus is usually 7-8 days, which can be as short as 24 hours or as long as several months or years. The shorter the incubation period, the worse the prognosis. About 90% of the patients developed tetanus within 2 weeks after injury. Occasionally, tetanus symptoms occurred after removal of foreign bodies in the body for many years.

Symptom 2: forebody symptoms are general fatigue, dizziness, headache, weak chewing, local muscle tightening, pulling pain, hyperreflexia, etc. Typical symptoms are paroxysmal strong spasm on the basis of muscle tension contraction (myotonia, stiffness). Usually, the first muscle group affected is masticatory muscle, followed by facial expression muscle, neck, back, abdomen, limbs muscle, and finally diaphragm.

Symptom 3: the course of disease is generally 3-4 weeks. If active treatment and no special complications occur, the degree of attack can be gradually reduced, and the average remission period is about 1 week. But muscular tension and hyperreflexia can continue for a period of time; Recovery period can also appear some mental symptoms, such as hallucinations, speech, behavior disorders, but more can recover on their own. However, if there is any abnormality, timely diagnosis and treatment are still needed.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to rest to avoid reaction. Pay attention not to eat spicy food, pay attention to wound cleaning, prevent infection. Some people will have different degrees of adverse reactions after injection, which will recover after several weeks.